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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040125113-02072007>After all of the
help I received, I thought I would update the list on how I made out.
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040125113-02072007>For those
considering a video card purchase for use in Myth (or Linux in general)...read
on</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040125113-02072007>Background: I bought
a $200+ ATI video card to use with my Myth system. The various ATI press
releases dating back to 2001 claiming Linux support made me feel pretty secure
that it would work great (I've used ATI cards with Windows for years and was
pleased with the results).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040125113-02072007>Although the card
booted up great under Linux, it was little more than a dumb vesa card.
After lots of struggles to get the video driver in, I finally got acceleration
going. Still, there is no ATI knowledge base (with Linux related data), no
ATI tel/email support for Linux, and performance of the card was still poor
(jittery, etc). I wasted lots of time looking for files, replacing files
the ATI driver missed, etc. (The ATi config also crashes making xorg.conf
setup difficult). In the end the card was still unusable for video
playback - despite all diagnostics reporting the ATI was installed and working
great.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040125113-02072007>I then bought a $150
NVidia video card, and it was completely up and running in 10
minutes. It removed all ATI driver references (basic, acceleration, GL),
loaded all drivers correctly. etc. (even in light of the fact that I had a
custom compiled kernel). All video acceleration worked great, and Myth
playback was smooth. Even motion compensation was working. The
nvidia config program is very good at modifying xorg.conf while preserving
custom settings (even commenting out old stuff).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=040125113-02072007>Wow...what a
difference. In the remote chance that anyone from ATI/AMD is on this
list..please forward this internally!</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>